Empire State Building run up

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nospam said:

Just got my invitation in the mail! anyone else get in??

Has anyone here ever run the race? Please post your experiences! From what I understand, it's a
sprint into the stairwell, switchovers at the 20th and 65th floors, and then a run halfway around
the outdoor terrace to the finish. I'm trying to figure out how long the flat sections are, to get
a feel for how much time they'll add on.

I haven't run it and am interested in hearing first person stories too.

Dont' forget that the stairways also have a horizontal distance component, perhaps as much or more
than the landings. The question remains an interesting one: if you know your time on, say, the
stairmaster, for a height equal to the Empire State Building, what pace should you figure for the
horizontal component?

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Terry R. McConnell said:

In article <[email hidden]>, nospam

Quoted message said:

Just got my invitation in the mail! anyone else get in??

Has anyone here ever run the race? Please post your experiences! From what I understand, it's a
sprint into the stairwell, switchovers at the 20th and 65th floors, and then a run halfway around
the outdoor terrace to the finish. I'm trying to figure out how long the flat sections are, to
get a feel for how much time they'll add on.

I haven't run it and am interested in hearing first person stories too.

Dont' forget that the stairways also have a horizontal distance component, perhaps as much or more
than the landings. The question remains an interesting one: if you know your time on, say, the
stairmaster, for a height equal to the Empire State Building, what pace should you figure for the
horizontal component?

The horizontal power component of climbing stairs is negligible since the gradient of the ESB
staircase is 107% (each step is 8" high, 7.5" long)! If the race was just stairs, you're effectively
moving 985 feet horizontally & 1050 feet vertically over the length of the course, and you could
accurately estimate finishing time if you know your watts/kg. Or you could put yourself through 1050
feet of hell on the StairM (i've found that StairM's are at least 10% generous in how they calculate
your power output).

Stairwell changeovers and other completely flat sections are the X factor that can tack on many more
seconds to your time, possibly more than a minute in this race with at least 4 extended flats.

In article <[email hidden]>,

nospam said:

Has anyone here ever run the race? Please post your experiences!

I haven't but at runnersworld.com0,1300,1 0 0 3128,00.htmlOpen ↗ you read about the record-
holder who is Australian.

I've read mountain-runners like Paul Crake run one serious hill session every week and cycle one
hill session. Apparently this is less damaging that running two hill sessions.

Andrew

Andrew Taylor said:

I've read mountain-runners like Paul Crake run one serious hill session every week and cycle one
hill session. Apparently this is less damaging that running two hill sessions.

A female running partner does this race each year and places in her age group. By the time you
gather the data the race will be over. 😉 It's fast uphill run and if anyone wants to do well better
hit the hills or stepper. Unless you have run in a stairwell before you will find the air is very
dry and you will feel like you ate a sandpaper for a few days to follow. She tried to get me to do
it but it's to short an event to travel a 100 miles. I have enough freak runs in my own back yard.

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